Lifestory: New memoir by Anne Frank’s girlhood friend reveals “life outside the attic”
‘My Friend Anne Frank,’ by Hannah Pick-Goslar, details the girls’ friendship before the Holocaust and their brief reunion inside a Nazi concentration camp. MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Dutch publisher recalls discredited book on Anne Frank’s betrayal
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters The Dutch publisher of a discredited cold case investigation into the betrayal of teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank on Tuesday said it was recalling the book following a critical report on its findings. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, by Canadian best-selling author Rosemary Sullivan has been widely […]
Jewish umbrella group asks publisher to pull Anne Frank book
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters The main umbrella group for Europe’s national Jewish communities urged HarperCollins to pull a book that suggests a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank, saying it had tarnished the teenage diarist’s memory and the dignity of Holocaust survivors. The US-based publisher released the English language edition of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A […]
Head of fund created by Anne Frank’s father criticises cold-case probe – paper
Vienna, AustriaReuters The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank’s father has criticised an investigation into her betrayal to the Nazis that named a Jewish notary as a leading suspect, saying it was “full of errors” and offered no proof, a Swiss newspaper reported. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the […]
Cold-case investigation names surprise suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the Nazis on 4th August of that year, after they […]